Trueno Hatch Tofu Terrorist F20c (photos only build thread)

[mad_matt]

Need to get in touch with him ASAP then hahah.

Possibly the first LOW car I've had with an Alloy sump, not sure what the 1UZ sump is made of.

I had one. I never realised yours was THE MX5



Think it was about £20 but will double check.

Ah right, haha, eager beaver!

Currently at the dismantling stage and selling bits off to fund new bits.

[lewisnoakes]

So some more progress has been made. Updates required!!

This will be the first time that I made an update without a change of car or project.

Went out to Shakespeare raceway with a few of you CB lot.
Struggled a lot with wheel spin in the chaser, finished the end of the day with yet another broken diff!!
best time of the 3 runs was 14.3 closely followed by a pair of boosted 16v 4age's who came in around 14.5.



Started to stitch weld the turrets and chassis legs







Welded in the additional bracing



Ground back my ugly welds and seam sealed it



Whilst the welder was out I sorted a little rust hole out.





My friend Dan came over and we prepped the bay for paint.



In primer





Whilst waiting for paint to dry I test fitted the wheels over the callipers to check for clearance



Dan laid the top coat down. Really happy with how it came out!



Got by sump back from the fabricators





Got some parts back from the powder coaters put the subframe and suspension components on so I could push it onto the ramp.

I came into an issue with the brake disc clearance with the LCA's. So I had to modify them again to clear.



I also got my drivers bucket back from the trimmers. Centre cushions in oem cloth to match the passenger.



This Is how the car sits currently.







The ae86 might come to a stop temporarily because I had a bit of mishap in the chaser recently.
At a Pod DWYB day a BMW came into the side of me causing some damaged to both rear quarters.



This is all for now hopefully the next update will end on a brighter note.

[mad_matt]

REALLY love that gold really looks great
Impressed by the bonnet clearance too, Tadgh did the "non subframe drop" way of doing this so had to cut the bonnet to suit.

AND, thanks for the sump pics! Definitely helps once I've got my engine on a stand, I'll whip the sump off for a look!

(now, not so good)
I didn't realise just how much damage your Chaser took :/ hopefully it's not too much of a setback!

[lewisnoakes]

Not much progress has been made recently .

I've been in between jobs and trying to transition to a normal life after leaving the military has been difficult so not much to update.

Ill just return to my usual post style. Que some photos

fitted a few bits and pieces in the engine bay along with oil cooler setup.
Still waiting on a friend to re position the radiator locating pegs






A good friend of mine at RW developments in Lichfield sorted me out this stainless 2.5 inch v banded system and aluminium sump guard.
opted for an over axle setup as I didn't want to compromise exhaust ground clearance







Its very difficult to see in the photos but I've also had a 1 piece 3.5inch propshaft made by vibration free.

I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel

As always I thought I'd throw some photos of the other toys





Test fitted the chaser origin overs. bought a pair of 7twenty wheels to try and fill the arches





I've had some sad news recently after owning for about 2 years I decided to let the mx5 go. It really wasn't getting used as much intended and deserves to go to someone who will get it back out on the track.

But this also freed up some money..... you can guess what happened next.





ke70 3 door wagon
currently In NZ just waiting for a shipping date
updates to follow

[mad_matt]

Any update yet dude?